On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 02:42:54PM +0100, David Howells wrote: > Marcel Holtmann <mar...@holtmann.org> wrote: > > > The cachefiles misc character device uses MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR and thus > > doesn't support module auto-loading. Assign a static minor number for it > > and provide appropriate module aliases for it. This is enough for kmod to > > create the /dev/cachefiles device node on startup and facility module > > auto-loading. > > Why? The systemd unit file for it just modprobe's the module first. It's a > specialist device file only for use by the appropriate daemon.
And you really don't want to have auto-module-loading when trying to open a /dev/foo file, that way lies madness in the past, please let's learn from our mistakes :) thanks, greg k-h -- Linux-cachefs mailing list Linux-cachefs@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cachefs
